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Friday, April 15, 2016

2.12.9.6. Andy Simon Telek (1915-1999)

Andy Simon Telek was born on 19 June 1915 in Sullivan County, Indiana, to Simon Telek and Mary Lakatos. His parents had immigrated separately from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and married in Indiana. In 1920 the family lived in Blacklick, Pennsylvania, where Andy's father worked as a coal miner. By 1930 the family had moved to 17331 Dequindre Street in Detroit and Andy's father was a laborer in an automobile factory. Andy attended the High School of Commerce in 1931 as a sophomore. Andy was listed as an outstanding member of the class for his baseball prowess as a left fielder.

1931 High School of Commerce baseball team. Andy Telek is in the front row
second from the right; photograph courtesy of Ancestry.com

When the 1940 census was enumerated, Andy was 24 years old. No occupation was listed for him but he had worked for 15 weeks in 1939 and made $500. He was drafted on 14 April 1941 and became one of the first young men drafted under the new Selective Service and Training Act of 1940. He was discharged on 7 December 1945 as a staff sergeant.

He married Elizabeth "Betty" May Muir on 28 September 1946 in Detroit. The couple had one daughter. By 1954 the family lived in Birmingham, Michigan and Andy worked as an agent for National Life & Accident Insurance Co. in Highland Park, Michigan.

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